We woke up before the alarm and were ready to go before 7 a.m. However, once we got in the RV we decided it was pretty dark and didn't feel very confident about pulling on to I-27 before it was at least a bit light. So we poked around for 20 minutes. Laughed about how silly our 2 cats are when we leave. The older cat, Mollie, loves yogurt so I had shared a bit with her hoping that would make her happy. Not so! Maggie, our stray who adopted us a few years ago, was sitting in the doorway between the kitchen & living room and Mollie walked over and swatted her in the face--Maggie didn't move a hair. I thought it was like Mollie was letting Maggie know that she would be in charge as soon as we left!
The sky was a beautiful pink as we headed to Canyon! And hardly any traffic. We go 27 to where it turns into 87 on the southside of Lubbock and take 87 all the way to Fredericksburg. Mostly 4 lane but some just 2 lanes but with frequent passing pull-outs. Quiet road particularly on Sunday.
Boy, that little tow dolly works like a charm! Just follows right along. It does require wide turns and the only real distress was in finding somewhere to fill up with gas. Finally stopped in Big Spring at the WalMart and with some planning Bob was able to get pulled in and back out on to the highway. We ended eating crackers, hummus plus cheese for Bob & an orange sitting in WalMart's parking lot. Just easier than trying to find someplace we could get in and back out of without problems.
We found a nice worship service on the radio--certainly not like listening to Stan or Angela & the choir but still "church". We also found a station with old hymns that we could sing along with to our heart's content. We are missing the big all church dinner tonight but filled out our commitment cards before we left and turned them in at the office.
We got to Fredericksburg about 4:30 despite all our rest stops. We love coming here, stayed here in Nov on our way to Austin and have stayed at the Oak Park Campground numerous times. Feels like "home"! Not unpacking much for tonight since we will pull out in the morning, take the loop around San Antonio, then to Corpus and east from there to Rockport. Our "Bobbie GPS" had to be muted a couple of times today--she got very insistant that we needed to leave 87 and turn off on 71 to Austin (our frequent route) and later tried to get us off on some country road just before Fredericksburg! She seems to have a mind of her own. It certainly couldn't be due to programming could it? We tire quickly of her "recalculating"! I am hoping that tomorrow she will be a good navigator around SA & Corpus so I can enjoy the scenery but plan to be back-up with a highlighted map! You know--old people trust paper maps!
Enough for tonight--want to watch the game!
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You guys will learn to appreciate Cracker Barrels, Love's and most McDonald's. They usually have big parking yards to accomodate RVs. You can pull in, park in the back, and pull out without having to back up!
ReplyDeleteIf your RV requires diesel, fuel up at the truck islands (they are pull through, usually around back) at Flying J, Pilot, TA & other truck stops, as well as Love's. Be sure to watch for the Ultra Low Sulfur signs. There are some truck stops in South Texas that are still selling High Sulfur Diesel. Your '07 & later diesel will NOT like it!